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Monday, January 11, 2016

Remaking Ryan by Jacie Floyd + Excerpt

Opposites united in their disenchantment with life are pushed
together in a cross-country drive where they discover that sometimes the long
way home is the only way to goin Remaking Ryan by Jacie
Floyd.

Remaking Ryan by
Jacie Floyd

Series:
The Billionaire Brotherhood #3

Genre:
Contemporary Romance

Pub.
Date: January 4, 2016

ISBN:
978-1523255368

Synopsis:

In Book Three of the Billionaire Brotherhood, Ryan Eastham
appears to have it all—fame, fortune, and legendary good looks—but injury has
ended his high-profile professional football career and he’s at loose ends.
After years of living, breathing, and training for football, he’s searching for
something meaningful to do with his future. He expects nothing but boredom from
the on-air sports announcer job he’s been offered, and his so-called love life
is more tabloid fiction than fact.

Due to the shattering betrayal of her late husband, Jenna
McCall is wary of men and their meaningless promises. Isolating herself from
friends and family while she reexamines her goals and dreams, her baby daughter
is her sole focus. Ryan’s unscheduled intrusion into her life leaves her
irritated, edgy, and a little intrigued.

Family commitments throw this pair together as reluctant
companions on a cross-country drive from Massachusetts to Missouri. Despite a
wrong turn, stolen car, and fussy baby, they find unexpected pleasure in one
another’s company. Amid wedding chaos and intense family drama in St. Louis,
they each proceed with plans to start new careers in different parts of the
country, but their attraction continues to build. When it’s time to say
good-bye, Ryan challenges Jenna to remake their lives and plan a future
together instead.

“Big house, big gym, big
television. The Big Easy wouldn’t be overcompensating for something, would he?”
She intentionally used his super-cool nickname.

“Nah, I believe in the ‘bigger
is better’ theory.” He crooked a grin that ended with a wink. “In everything.”

“Right.” She shook her head,
disgusted with herself for going down this road. Matt deserved her anger,
disdain, and scorn, not Ryan. Not the jock’s fault she had mountains of
bitterness and her real target was out of bounds.

“What’s with the two TVs?” Even as committed a
sports-aholic as Matt had only watched one at a time, clicking back and forth
during commercials.

“One for news, one for sports.”

“In your world, aren’t news and
sports the same thing?” Now that she noticed, the bigger screen was tuned to
CNN. The smaller one was set on ESPN.

“Pretty much,” he admitted.

Clearly, he didn’t need her any
longer, now that he was on his own turf, now that he had channels to surf and
games to peruse. Besides, Dad and Abby would be here any minute. She hoped.

Clearing her throat, Jenna
drifted toward the doorway. “Can I get you anything before I go?”

“I wouldn’t turn down a snack.
Whatever you can find. There’s probably better food in the kitchen upstairs, if
you want to check.” He flashed her the tired version of his killer grin.
Somehow she found this one with less wattage more appealing than the famous one
with more star power. More authentic, maybe. “Then you can leave my pain pills
where I can reach them, and you can take off.”

On the surface that sounded
right, but... “No. I’m not sure you can manage on your own.”

“I’ve been taking care of
myself for years. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a very big boy.” He cupped
his hand around his ear and cocked his head. “Oops, there’s that word again.
‘Big.’ Did you hear it?”

She chewed on her bottom lip,
trying to believe him. About the taking care of himself thing, not about the
“big boy” thing. She didn’t need that image planted in her head. “I heard it
and ignored it. Size isn’t everything, you know.”

“You sure about that?”

“I am when the person in
question has the body of a grown-up but behaves like a ten-year-old. Nurse
Marley said you shouldn’t be left alone.”

“She also told us not to leave
the second floor without her, but here we are.” He spread his hands out wide,
indicating the obvious, before pointing his finger at her. “And you, Princess
Perfect, played a pivotal role in my escape. Abby will be here soon, and you
heard Harry. He’ll be over in a flash if I call him with anything I need. Food,
drinks, strippers.” He shrugged off her deadly stare. “Just kidding about the
strippers.”

“Couldn’t care less.” She
turned and headed for the kitchen.

About
Jacie Floyd

Like most writers, I’ve always been an avid reader. I always
knew I wanted to write, too, but I kept that tidbit to myself for a very long
time. What does a reader who secretly wants to write do? She works in a
library. My very first job, and maybe my favorite, was in my hometown public
library. I loved everything about the grand old building and was fascinated by
the people who came and went every day. But mostly, I loved the books. Seeing
them, handling them, checking them in and out, shelving them, and, of course,
reading them. To have access to books that contained so much knowledge,
history, and tradition was a pleasure that never grew old.

In my spare time through the next few years, I continued
reading and began learning how to write. I accumulated stacks of completed
manuscripts and an increasing determination to get them published. Happily, my
sixth full-length novel has just been released. I would describe my books as
fresh, flirty, and fun contemporaries about strong women and men who deal with
relatable situations in familiar settings. They’re also emotionally rewarding
with a liberal helping of humor, because, really, what point is there to life
without laughter?

After living my childhood and adult life in a variety of
Midwestern cities, I was always an island girl at heart, yearning for white
sands, perpetual sunshine, and crystal blue waters. This past year I turned
that dream into reality by abandoning my snow shovel along with my day job and
moving to Florida to write full-time. The view from my lanai is great, the
wildlife is interesting, and my handsome and heroic husband handles all of my
IT issues and regularly prods me to interact with actual living, breathing
people, not just the ones I invent and put on the page.